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Biology and Biochemistry

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105
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38864
World Ranking
1203
National Ranking
713

Medicine

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38740
World Ranking
7069
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Janardan K. Reddy was affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work spanned several fields, particularly focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research contributed to subfields such as molecular biology, surgery, epidemiology, clinical biochemistry, and physiology.

The scientist's research topics included pancreatic function and diabetes, RNA modifications and cancer, autophagy in disease and therapy, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, metabolism and genetic disorders, diet and metabolism studies, as well as plant tissue culture and regeneration.

Frequent collaborators in their research included Manuel Blandino-Rosano, Pau Romaguera Llacer, A. Lin, Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, and Chao Qi.

Janardan K. Reddy published in a range of scientific venues with each contributing to different aspects of their research interests. These publication venues included:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
  • National Academy Science Letters

Their recent published papers included:

  • "TGS1: a novel regulator of β-cell mass and function", 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Absence of Spontaneous Peroxisome Proliferation in Enoyl-CoA Hydratase/l-3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase-deficient Mouse Liver: FURTHER SUPPORT FOR THE ROLE OF FATTY ACYL CoA OXIDASE IN PPARα LIGAND METABOLISM", 2021, UNC Libraries
  • "Issue Information", 2023, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • "Evidenced based nutrition support at home: A follow-up for our healthy future", 2023, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
  • "Optimization of Sterilization, Callogenesis and Shoot Organogenesis in Carambola (Averrhoa carambola L.) Using Nodal Explants", 2025, National Academy Science Letters

Janardan K. Reddy was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • PEROXISOMAL β-OXIDATION AND PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR–ACTIVATED RECEPTOR α: An Adaptive Metabolic System

    Janardan K. Reddy;Takashi Hashimoto

  • International Union of Pharmacology. LXI. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

    Liliane Michalik;Johan Auwerx;Joel P. Berger;V. Krishna Chatterjee

  • Hypolipidaemic hepatic peroxisome proliferators form a novel class of chemical carcinogens.

    J. K. Reddy;D. L. Azarnoff;C. E. Hignite

  • Lipid metabolism and liver inflammation. II. Fatty liver disease and fatty acid oxidation.

    Janardan K. Reddy;M. Sambasiva Rao

  • Characterization of a murine Ahr null allele: involvement of the Ah receptor in hepatic growth and development

    J. V. Schmidt;G. H.-T. Su;J. K. Reddy;M. C. Simon

  • Structural organization of mouse peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (mPPAR gamma) gene: alternative promoter use and different splicing yield two mPPAR gamma isoforms

    Yijun Zhu;Chao Qi;Julie R. Korenberg;Xiao Ning Chen

  • Adipocyte-specific Gene Expression and Adipogenic Steatosis in the Mouse Liver Due to Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ1 (PPARγ1) Overexpression

    Songtao Yu;Kimihiko Matsusue;Papreddy Kashireddy;Wen Qing Cao

  • Peroxisomal lipid metabolism.

    J K Reddy;G P Mannaerts

  • Application of comparative functional genomics to identify best-fit mouse models to study human cancer.

    Ju-Seog Lee;In-Sun Chu;Arsen Mikaelyan;Diego Francesco Calvisi

  • Defect in Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor α-inducible Fatty Acid Oxidation Determines the Severity of Hepatic Steatosis in Response to Fasting *

    Takashi Hashimoto;William S. Cook;Chao Qi;Anjana V. Yeldandi

  • Cloning of a new member of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gene family from mouse liver.

    Y Zhu;K Alvares;Q Huang;M S Rao

  • STEATOHEPATITIS, SPONTANEOUS PEROXISOME PROLIFERATION AND LIVER TUMORS IN MICE LACKING PEROXISOMAL FATTY ACYL-COA OXIDASE:IMPLICATIONS FOR PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA NATURAL LIGAND METABOLISM

    Chun Yang Fan;Jie Pan;Nobuteru Usuda;Anjana V. Yeldandi

  • Hepatic peroxisome proliferation: induction by two novel compounds structurally unrelated to clofibrate.

    Janardan K. Reddy;T. P. Krishnakantha

  • Isolation and Characterization of PBP, a Protein That Interacts with Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor

    Yijun Zhu;Chao Qi;Sanjay Jain;M. Sambasiva Rao

  • PPARalpha: energy combustion, hypolipidemia, inflammation and cancer.

    Sean R. Pyper;Navin Viswakarma;Songtao Yu;Janardan K. Reddy

  • Transcription regulation of peroxisomal fatty acyl-CoA oxidase and enoyl-CoA hydratase/3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase in rat liver by peroxisome proliferators

    J K Reddy;S K Goel;M R Nemali;J J Carrino

  • Peroxisome proliferation and hepatocarcinogenesis.

    Sambasiva M. Rao;Janardan K. Reddy

  • Activation of flavin-containing oxidases underlies light-induced production of H2O2 in mammalian cells

    Philip E. Hockberger;Timothy A. Skimina;Victoria E. Centonze;Colleen Lavin

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α Mediates the Effects of High-Fat Diet on Hepatic Gene Expression

    David Patsouris;Janardan K Reddy;Michael Müller;Sander Kersten

  • Hepatocellular and hepatic peroxisomal alterations in mice with a disrupted peroxisomal fatty acyl-coenzyme A oxidase gene.

    Chun Yang Fan;Jie Pan;Ruiyin Chu;Denise Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank J. Gonzalez
Frank J. Gonzalez National Institutes of Health
Yashpal S. Kanwar
Yashpal S. Kanwar Northwestern University
Christopher A. Bradfield
Christopher A. Bradfield University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ronald J.A. Wanders
Ronald J.A. Wanders University of Amsterdam
Inderjit Singh
Inderjit Singh Medical University of South Carolina
Nobuyo Maeda
Nobuyo Maeda University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeffrey M. Peters
Jeffrey M. Peters Pennsylvania State University
Myriam Baes
Myriam Baes KU Leuven
Jianming Xu
Jianming Xu Zhejiang University
Walter Wahli
Walter Wahli University of Lausanne

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